Andrew Cuomo and the old ‘I was just being playful’ excuse Author: Monica Hesse Share on Facebook Print article Re: Andrew Cuomo. The New York governor has now been accused of unwanted sexual attention by three women. His second accuser, who went public with her story over the weekend, says that her former boss’s harassment took place within the past year, i.e. when Cuomo had never been more visible or famous: He was giving nationally televised news conferences and basking in his role as America’s designated pandemic dad. If Charlotte Bennett’s allegations are true — she provided The New York Times with extemporaneous text messages in which she told a friend about the governor expressing interest in her sex life — then we can presume one of two things: